Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-10-01
GREAT FALLS TO BUTTE.

President Broadwater Announces
Gratifying Progress on the
Montana Central.
Col. Broadwater, president of the Mon.
tana Central, arrived in town by private
conveyance from Helena yesterday after
noon. He received a cordial welcome
from the public at large, who appreciate
his timely aid when the Cascade county
bill needed his influential and decisive as
sistance. He expressed much satisfaction
at the signs of growth which he discerned
here and it was evident that his mind was
occupied with many plans for the ad-
vancement of this city in which he takes
just pride.
Being asked for some details of the
Montana Central, Col. Broadwater said in
effect to a TRIBUNE representative:
STEADY PROGRESS.
1.-THE Helena & Butte division of the
Montana Central is ready for the rails ex-
1 S&P9 - SoiiSSs II tuuuSIS, WHICH are Gu0
principal difficulties in the way. Steady
progress is being made with these, and BY
means of a temporary line overhead. we
expect to run trains from Helena to Butte
next spring. About 400 feet, or one-third
of tn. Woodvi lie tunnel has been bored.
About six feet per day are bored. In the
Wickes tunnel, which is the longest, the
work was pushed recently at the rate Of
twelve feet per day. The peol lie of Butte
are impatient for the completion of the
new route and will give it cordial support.
The graded track from here to- Helena IL
rreadyfef the rails, which will be laid by
about the middle of November"
"Nhat do you think of our own pros
| poets, colonel?"
This town will grow rapidly from this
out and you may expect to have at least
double the population a year hence. You
will hardly notice the time pass until you
have 10000 people. The success of the
Cascade county bill has done the town
much service for it has convinced people
that there must be here and around us q
strong. growing. self-sustaining popula-
ton when the legislature accorded this re-
glon the rank of a county. The opponents
of that measure were taken completely by
SURF rise. They did not think that We
were SD thoroughly in earnest until it was
too late Tor them to plot against us. Some
of my Helena friends had been led away
by misrepresentation and when I return
ed there they worked for us. Finally. as
you know. the bill was passed by 4 vote
of Is to 4 and Gov. Leslie. who wishes
well to this city and region, readily sign.
ed it. The Sand Coulee branch which
the Montana Central will build this year
Will also give a strong impulse to the city
as it will be accompanied ly the develop
ment of the coal mines on a large scale to
meet the demand for fuel here, in Helena,
Butte and elsewhere"
MONTANA GROWING.
Regarding the general outlook, Col.
Broadwater said:
'Ihis has been good year for Montana
IN general; the exceptions are few. In
Helena, there has been a marked increase
In business as We can see by the banking
returns. In Lewis and Clai Ike county the
assessment shows an increase of about
SS2,0OO.O00. Next year we may look for q
large influx of people including persons
who will engage extensively in mining
and manufactures. Montana has been
gaining steadily in the good opinion Of
the great business centers and with good
reason for her credit is untarnished and
she pnrsues a broad, liberal policy to-
ward all who undertake to develop her
resources. Besides she buys largely
from the eastern manufacturers and pro-
dncers, who find here a cash market for
their best goods
HI STATE OF MONTANA.
Regarding statehood, Col. B~roadwater
said:
/. ut will come, but it is much retarded
by the strife in Dakota for. and against
division. If that were settled, congress
would, no doubt, readily take steps for the
admission OF Dakota, aud Montana would
be admitted at the same time.n
Col. BraadWater expects that a great
many people from Helena, Butte and
elsewhere will visit Great Falls and north
ern Montana in general as o as the
Montana Central is open for traffic. He
will encourage such excursions, because
he is convinced that they will be ofsmuch
service to all concerned. He is gratifed
at the firm hold which the Manitoba road
has already acquired onthe support OF the
mercantile community and says that in
the Judith region the company nc
quired all the cattle business.
III. 3. Church Appointments.
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